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Call Number:

PH-01434

Collection Name:

Sharon Stewart Photography Collection

Creator:

Stewart, Sharon, 1955- (1955 - )

No. of Items:

6 photographs

Span Dates:

1989

Description:

The collection consists of six gelatin silver prints with text by Sharon Stewart (American, born 1955), all from her series Toxic Tour of Texas. A prospectus for the series is available upon request.

992:0005:0001 -- Remains of Storage Tank, 1989;
992:0005:0002 -- Staging Area for Assembled U.S. Nuclear Warheads, Pantex Weapons Facility, 1989;
992:0005:0003 -- Chevron’s 160 Acre Uranium Mill Tailings Pond, Contents: Six Million Tons of Radioactive Waste and Chemical Solvent, 1989;
992:0005:0004 -- Jeter Steger, Resident, Carver Terrace Subdivision, EPA Designated Superfund Site, 1989;
992:0005:0005 -- Monument Marking Abandoned Uranium Mill Tailings Site, Erected by the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, 1989;
992:0005:0006 -- John Bell Attempting Tandem Walk and Wife, Dorothy diagnosed with Cerebellum Degeneration and Peripheral Neuropathy, 1989.

Location(s):

S Box, Extra Large (992:0005:0001-0006)
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